diff --git a/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb b/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb
index c55f0a49c..c7bae62bd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/dev_utilities_controller.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class DevUtilitiesController < ApplicationController
-  before_filter :authenticate_user!
+  before_filter :authenticate_user!, :except => [:set_backer_number]
   include ApplicationHelper
   include RequestsHelper
 def warzombie
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def warzombie
     config['servers']['backer']
   end
 
-  def set_backer_seed_number
+  def set_backer_number
     render :nothing => true
     seed_num_hash = {:seed_number => params[:number]}
     file = File.new(Rails.root.join('config','backer_number.yml'),'w')
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 8a2a972ee..88c838d77 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Diaspora::Application.routes.draw do |map|
   match 'warzombie',          :to => "dev_utilities#warzombie"
   match 'zombiefriends',      :to => "dev_utilities#zombiefriends"
   match 'zombiefriendaccept', :to => "dev_utilities#zombiefriendaccept"
+  match 'set_backer_number', :to => "dev_utilities#set_backer_number"
 
   #routes for devise, not really sure you will need to mess with this in the future, lets put default,
   #non mutable stuff in anohter file